edgedetector | 2 years ago | on: Why do programmers need private offices with doors?
A DM will never be as compelling as asking someone something in person. People can and will entirely ignore DMs about topics that they would never ignore in person.
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edgedetector | 2 years ago | on: USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (2019)
Isn't it part of the standard?
edgedetector | 3 years ago | on: Programming in the Apocalypse
We've made a ton of progress. They didn't have decentralized computing at all in 1978. Now most things run on remote machines. Also, there has been a move away from the imperative style that makes parallelism so difficult.
edgedetector | 3 years ago | on: Programming in the Apocalypse
I recall being stuck in a closet for hours during tornado warnings multiple times throughout my life. It gets boring. Programming is a good way to pass the time.
edgedetector | 3 years ago | on: The Software Industry Is Still the Problem
Traditional engineering can be done by unlicensed persons. It's just that the final design must be signed off by a licensed engineer. In the same way, open source software can be contributed to by unlicensed software engineers, but if the system will be used in a production product, it must be signed off by a licensed software engineer.
edgedetector | 3 years ago | on: The Software Industry Is Still the Problem
What industry do you wish to deregulate? Also, software is not unrestricted "progress." It is unrestricted "change," which is not always a good thing.
edgedetector | 4 years ago | on: Man to sue parents for giving birth to him
There's a line in the article that mentions that the beard is fake.
edgedetector | 4 years ago | on: Test your product on a crappy laptop
Crap phones too. My phone is four years old and is borderline unusable because most websites don't bother to load all the way. Most apps have trouble loading too.
edgedetector | 4 years ago | on: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar
"So not even Apple knows the location of your AirTag or the identity of the device that helps find it."
edgedetector | 4 years ago | on: It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers rights shortage
Yeah, I regularly do this.
edgedetector | 4 years ago | on: A Bizarre Form of Water May Exist All over the Universe (2019)
This article claims that the substance conducts electricity through the movement of protons, but last I checked, protons have extremely strong bonds to the nucleus. Most substances conduct electrons. Anyone want to shed some light on whether the article's claim is actually true?
If so, are there other such substances that conduct electricity with protons? What is the electrical resistance of such substances? I feel it should be extremely high due to the increased mass of the protons.
edgedetector | 4 years ago | on: FAA Releases Data Showing Trends in Dangerous Laser Strikes
"Have you tried not doing the crime?" is never an excuse for over-criminalization.
edgedetector | 4 years ago | on: FAA Releases Data Showing Trends in Dangerous Laser Strikes
All the pilot has is an approximate location, which is then reported to the FAA (I assume). By the time the relevant authorities are dispatched, the person has most likely stowed the laser. There is not enough specific information (address, name, etc) to get a proper warrant, so the crime goes completely unpunished. The cases that do get punished are probably repeat or persistent offenders.
edgedetector | 4 years ago | on: Man can change his pupil size on command
Lucid dreaming refers to dreaming while aware that you are dreaming. Day dreaming is just getting lost in one's imagination while one is awake. These are two different phenomena.
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